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It is simply not on to dish out money and then turn round several months later and suddenly demand the cash back. So ruled the court of appeal yesterday, forcing the government to write off welfare overpayments it had been busily trying to claw back from 65,000 claimants who had fully complied with the rules. The judgment places the responsibility for maladministration squarely with the administrators, and acknowledges the great difficulties with retrospective redress. The people's representatives should have been celebrating this important coup for their most vulnerable voters. But the only botched admin most MPs are concerned about just now is that of the Commons fees office, and the only retrospective justice stirring indignation in Westminster is Sir Thomas Legg's demand for the return of excessive parliamentary allowances.A downbeat prime minister's questions - largely taken up with listing and doffing caps to the 37 service personnel who died in Afghanistan over the summer - did

If you're an online student, you may qualify for a federal grant to pay for college tuition and expenses. Federal grants requiring no repayment are available to students that meet funding guidelines and are enrolled in accredited programs. Take a look at this new article for details on finding free money from 5 federal grant programs. See Also: 12 Ways the Government Will Help Pay for Your Education How to Convince Your Employer to Pay Your Tuition New:5 Federal Grant Programs for Online Learners originally appeared on About.com Distance Learning on Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 22:33:30.Permalink | Comment | Email this

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Sockatume writes 'Cinema chain Cineworld now has a policy banning anyone from carrying a laptop into a theatre, even if it is not used. The management claims that this is an anti-piracy move on the advice of the Federation Against Copyright Theft, the much-mocked source of all kinds of dubious anti-piracy statements. When it was pointed out that the laptop had no camera, the management made a temporary exception. For customers, the message is clear: leave your laptop in the car. For pirates, the message is clear: there is more money to be made slinking around cinema car parks looking for laptop bags.' of this story at Slashdot.

Updated 11:35 a.m. EDT (15:35 UTC) .US jobless claims down: Initial claims dropped 10,000 to 514,000 last week, a better showing than many analysts predicted. It was the fifth decline in six weeks, bringing the four week average down to 531,500, the lowest total since January. .Asia eyes US improvement: Asian markets ...

A government watchdog said Wednesday Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner dropped the ball on the massive bonuses at insurance giant AIG. Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the $700 billion financial bailout, told a House panel that 'a failure of management' led to the bonuses at the firm that received billions in federal bailout money.

Several writers continue to pay taxes, earn big money and publish books even though they are gone.It appears, dying does not stop you from paying taxes, or from publishing more books.Contributor: Kristie RaburnPublished: Oct 14, 2009

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer is siding with the operators of a major coal-fired power plant who don't want to spend the money to improve visibility at the Grand Canyon and other national parks.

The state Senate has sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill restoring some of the money for domestic violence shelters in California after the governor eliminated their funding last summer. Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto authority in July to cut the... Sponsored Topics: California - Domestic violence - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Line-item veto - Women